OpenGL Performer^™  Programmer's Guide

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Silicon Graphics,IRIS, IRIS Indigo, IRIX, ImageVision Library, Indigo, Indy, InfiniteReality, Onyx, OpenGL, are registered trademarks, SGI, and CASEVision, Crimson, Elan Graphics, IRIS Geometry Pipeline, IRIS GL, IRIS Graphics Library, IRIS InSight, IRIS Inventor, Indigo Elan, Indigo², InfiniteReality2, OpenGL Performer, Personal IRIS, POWER Series, Performance Co-Pilot, RealityEngine, RealityEngine², SGI logo, and Showcase are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. AutoCAD is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc. DrAW Computing Associates is a trademark of DrAW Computing Associates. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Motif is a registered trademark of Open Software Foundation. Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corp. Purify is a registered trademark of Rational Software Corporation. WindView is a trademark of Wind River Systems. X Window System is a trademark of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

PATENT DISCLOSURE

Many of the techniques and methods disclosed in this Programmer's Guide are covered by patents held by Silicon Graphics including U.S. Patent Nos. 5,051,737; 5,369,739; 5,438,654; 5,394,170; 5,528,737; 5,528,738; 5,581,680; 5,471,572 and patent applications pending.

We encourage you to use these features in your OpenGL Performer application on SGI systems.

This functionality and OpenGL Performer are not available for re-implementation and distribution on other platforms without the explicit permission of Silicon Graphics.